(diva)logues

I ♥ bakers twine...especially when it comes in a rainbow of colors!

It's day #2 of the 2-day feature of The Twinery on the Nikki Sivils' blog.  The Twinery was extremely generous with our team & sent each of us their Ultimate Sampler Pack.  Can you say a rainbow of bakers twine?!  I was LOVING it... 

I pulled out my new Noah collection & picked the Maraschino-colored twine to make my banner.  I adhered my twine onto my banner using Beacon's 3-in-1 Craft Glue, which dries clear + quick...

The Noah collection is obviously aimed at boy-themed projects, but I wanted to show it's versatility & made a sports page about my niece!

BOTH companies are doing give-aways...so check out the Nikki Sivils' blog today for all the details & for more inspiring ways to use TWINE!

Happy Friday!  I'm off to teach Zumba for 2 hours at the Y for a middle school field trip.  Thinking it could get a bit crazy.  But after that, I'm headed out for some fun in the sun... so it's going to be a GREAT day!

Have a great weekend everyone!

All I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten...

I got inspired to use some new products that were SO GENEROUSLY sent to me recently.  The products are for an upcoming manufacturer's cross promotion that will be happening soon, but I also wanted to use them just for fun!

As for my title...I'm not sure I exactly executed what I had in mind.  It's a bit sloppy.  Originally I planned to use letter stickers, but had a sudden change of heart & decided to use some of my new twine.  I hand-wrote my title in pencil & then covered my lines in Beacon's 3-in-1 Craft Glue... just a couple letters at a time because this adhesive dries quickly.  Love that!  Then I covered my glue lines with my Maraschino twine from The Twinery and dotted my "i's" with tiny Want 2 Scrap red pearls (also using some of the bigger sized pearls for my flowers)...

Bryn (aka. my best & worst critic) said she loved my title.  I said I thought it looked like a Kindergartener did it.  No offense, of course, to all the Kindergarteners of the world...

Oh well... 2 points for trying something new.  Right?

I used some of my new paper + chipboard pieces from the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan collection... so sweet & girly!  And although that collection offers a piece of paper with layered ruffled crepe paper on it, I decided to make my own.  Pink crepe paper + machine stitching = a cheap substitute.  It's an easy little technique that's SO last year, but hey... Bryn was impressed! 

It's MONDAY!  Time to teach Zumba!  Best way to start the week, if I do say so myself!  ;-)